Wayne Firebaugh owns a wealth management firm that strives to provide objective advice to families looking to create and preserve financial choices in their lives. Providing such advice requires planners to possess two traits: independence and specialized expertise. For Wayne, independence means not accepting commissions from the sale of any products. Working as a fee-only planner aligns Wayne’s advice with his clients’ needs because it removes perception of bias.

With respect to specialized expertise, Wayne is a Certified Public Accountant and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (tm) Practitioner. Prior to starting his practice more than fifteen years ago, Wayne was a Manager in the Financial Advisory Services consulting practice of Coopers and Lybrand, then one of the world’s largest accounting firms. He has also taught investments at the collegiate level as an adjunct faculty member. Wayne chairs the technical committee for the National College Advocacy Group, a non-profit resource for planners assisting college-bound students and their families. He graduated from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.

Wayne regularly lectures and writes. His articles have been published in Physicians Money Digest, the Virginia Society of CPA’s magazine Disclosures, Physician’s Practice and Valley Business Front. Recently, Wayne and a group of partners launched specialized software for use by other planners.